JPH10304106A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To edit automatically destination information or the like described as part of a transmission original by recognizing image data in a read image memory, reading cover letter information corresponding to a keyword from a registration memory and editing transmission original data according to the cover letter information. SOLUTION: A main control section 1 stores image data read by a read section 4 to a read image memory 5, where characters are recognized. The main control section 1 based on the recognition result discriminates whether the read original is a transmission original or a registration original. When the control section 1 discriminates the read original to be the transmission original, the control section 1 discriminates the presence of a keyword denoting cover letter information such as a destination in the read image data based on the recognition result, extracts the keyword of the transmission original based on the recognition result and reads data stored in a registration memory 7 and its additional position information corresponding to the keyword. Then the transmission original image is being edited by sequentially storing the corresponding image to a transmission image memory 8.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, various functions using a character recognition technology have been proposed for a facsimile machine with the aim of improving operability.

For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-149951 (H04N1 / 32) discloses an automatic one-touch operation by recognizing an identification code and a handwritten number written on a registered standard sheet read by an optical document reading unit. Alternatively, a facsimile apparatus for performing abbreviated dial registration has been proposed. Also, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-289242 (H04M1 / 27)
2) A facsimile machine which reads a document by an optical reading unit and recognizes a character serving as a keyword by recognizing the character and also recognizes a digit string following the keyword, and calls based on the recognition result. Proposed.
Further, JP-A-5-289242 (H04N1 / 3)
In 2), the symbol for transmitting the entire original is T, the symbol for partial transmission is S, and the telephone number is written together with the above symbol on one original, so that this symbol and the following There has been proposed a facsimile apparatus capable of optically reading and recognizing a telephone number, transmitting an entire original to a certain destination, and partially transmitting a part of the original to another destination.

[0004]

In each of the above prior arts, only the character recognition technology is mainly used for inputting the telephone number of the other party. In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 5-289242, a transmission original is selected. Just used it.

The present invention is to provide a new facsimile apparatus to which character recognition technology is applied in order to further improve operability. Provided is a facsimile apparatus capable of automatically editing destination information, sender information, title, date, and the like.

[0006]

A first feature of the present invention is as follows.
Read and recognize the image data written on the manuscript,
A facsimile apparatus capable of performing various processes based on the recognition result, comprising: a document reading unit that optically reads image data written on a document; and a reading unit that stores image data read by the reading unit. An image memory, a registration memory in which cover letter information added to transmission data in advance corresponding to a keyword is stored, and image data in the read image memory is recognized, and the keyword is present in the image data. The present invention further comprises control means for reading cover letter information corresponding to the keyword from the registration memory and controlling transmission document data to be edited in accordance with the cover letter information.

A second feature is that, when the image data stored in the read image memory relates to correction of information corresponding to each keyword in the registration memory, After recognizing the above image data,
It is to correct the information stored for each keyword in the registration memory.

[0008]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facsimile apparatus to which the present invention is applied. In the figure,
The main control unit 1 includes a microcomputer, and controls each unit connected to each other via the bus 3 based on a control program stored in the ROM 2 in advance.

The reading section 4 has optical reading means such as a CIS or a CCD, reads image data written on a document, and temporarily stores the read image data in a read image memory 5. The reading unit 4 also detects whether a document is attached.

An operation unit 6 detects the operation states of numeric keys for inputting numerical information such as a telephone number and various function keys for instructing the reading unit 4 to start reading and to give a copy instruction.

As will be described in detail later, the registration memory 7 stores information such as destination information, sender information, title, and date (hereinafter collectively referred to as cover letter information) added to transmission image data for each keyword. ) And additional position information indicating the position where the information is described in the transmission image data. The transmission image memory 8 stores transmission image data to be transmitted to which the above information is added.

The printing unit 9 includes well-known printing means such as thermal transfer, heat sensitivity, ink jet, and electrophotography, and prints out received image data, image data read by the reading unit 4, and the like. As is well known, the modem 10 modulates and demodulates data transmitted and received between facsimile machines. NCU1
1 selectively switches and connects the line to the modem 10 or the telephone 12 under the control of the main control unit 1.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In step S1, the main control unit 1 controls the reading unit 4
It is determined whether or not a document to be read is set in the reading unit 4 based on the detection result of the above. As a result, when it is determined that a document is set and a reading start instruction operation is performed by the operation unit 6, the main control unit 1 causes the reading unit 4 to start reading and reading by the reading unit 4 in step S2. The read image data is stored in the read image memory 5.

When reading of the document set on the reading section 4 is completed, the main control section 1 executes character recognition on the image data stored in the read image memory 5 in step S3. Based on the result of the recognition, the main control unit 1 determines in step S4 whether the document read in step S2 is a transmission document including data to be transmitted, or the information of the information corresponding to each keyword in the registration memory. It is determined whether the document is related to correction (hereinafter, referred to as a registered document). The difference between the registered manuscript and the transmitted manuscript is that, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a keyword 101 “register” is added to the head of the registered manuscript 100 while the transmitted manuscript 200 is Is different from the first embodiment in that a keyword 201 of “transmission” is attached to the head portion. Therefore, the determination in step S4 is based on the presence or absence of the keyword “registration” or “transmission” based on the recognition result in step S3.

In step S4, the registered document 100
When the main controller 1 determines that is, the process proceeds to step S5, and changes and corrects the data in the registration memory based on the data described in the registration document 100. Specifically, for example, the main control unit 1 stores the registered manuscript 10 as shown in FIG.
On the top of the list, there are "Destination Taro", "Destination Mt.
Specific destination data 107 entered after keywords 102 to 104 indicating cover letter information “sender Yamada” and keywords 105 and 106 indicating cover letter information such as “title” and “date”; 108,
Using the recognition result in step S3 for the keywords 102 to 106 and the data 107 to 111, the sender data 109, the title description format 110, and the date description format 111 are registered in association with each keyword. It is stored in the memory 7. It is to be noted that the additional position of each of the above data on the transmission original image edited as will be described later is required.
By filling in on 0, it suffices to store it in the registration memory 5 in association with each keyword.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S4 that the document is a transmission original, the main control unit 1 determines in step S6 that
It is determined whether or not at least one of the keywords 102 to 105 indicating cover letter information such as the above-mentioned “destination”, “sender”, “title”, and “date” exists in the image data read in two steps. The determination is made based on the recognition result in step S3. For example, the transmission original 2 shown in FIG.
00 is read in the step S2, the keyword 102 indicating cover letter information such as “destination”, “sender”, “title” and “date” is included in the transmission original 200.
Since there is a keyword "text" in addition to the keywords "-105", the main control unit 1 advances the processing to step S7.

In step S7, the main control unit 1 retrieves the keyword in the read transmission original 200 based on the recognition result in step S3, and stores the data stored in the registration memory 7 in correspondence with the retrieved keyword. The additional position information is read. Then, the image corresponding to the data is sequentially stored in the transmission original memory 8 according to the additional position information, thereby editing the original image to be transmitted.

More specifically, first, an area of a size corresponding to the paper size of the transmission original 200 is secured in the transmission original memory 8 and stored in the registration memory 7 in this area corresponding to the keyword. According to the additional position information, the images of the respective data stored in the registration memory 7 are sequentially stored in the transmission original memory 8 in correspondence with the above-mentioned keywords. As shown in FIG. In this case, an area is secured in the transmission original memory 8 for each keyword starting with each "destination", and the same image having only the data relating to the "destination" is edited in each area. Regarding the keyword 106 of “date”, the main control unit 1 creates a date image conforming to the description format stored in the registration memory 7 using a built-in clock circuit, and transmits the date image to the transmission document memory 8. In addition, as for the keyword 105 of “title”, the image immediately after the keyword 105 is combined with the description format stored in the registration memory 7 and stored in the transmission original memory 8. When the editing for each keyword entered in the transmission original 200 is completed, the main control unit 1 replaces the image below the keyword 202 of “text” entered in the transmission original 200 with the “title” in the area of the transmission original memory 8. Is continuously transferred to the image entry position of the keyword 105 of "".

FIGS. 5A and 5B show “addressed to Mr. Kaiyama” and “addressed to Taro Tottori” when the transmission document 200 is automatically edited based on the registration data based on the registration document 100, respectively.
7 is an image of a transmission original. When such a transmission original image is completed, the main control unit 1 transmits the image to each destination. Note that the destination telephone number at this time is input by a manual operation at the time of inputting a reading start instruction operation from the operation unit 6 in step S1 or the telephone directory corresponding to the destination keyword described in the transmission original 200 is stored in advance in the telephone directory. Etc., or by recognizing a telephone number that has been added to the destination keyword of the transmission original 200 and that has been entered.

On the other hand, in step S6, the transmission original 20
When it is determined that the keyword does not exist in 0, the main control unit 1 transmits the image stored in the read image memory 5 without editing.

In this embodiment, the entry position of the data for each keyword on the transmission original image is also registered in the registration memory 7 as additional position information, and positioning is performed based on this information. The entry position on the transmission original image may be determined in association with the entry position of the keyword in which the keyword is described. By doing so, the user's labor can be saved, and the operability can be further improved.

[0023]

According to the present invention, cover letter information such as a destination, a caller, and a title can be automatically created only with simple description contents, so that the operability of the user can be further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a facsimile apparatus to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a registered document 100 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a transmission original 200 according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a transmission original image according to the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 main control unit 4 reading unit 5 read image memory 7 registration memory 8 transmission image memory 100 registration document 101 keyword 102 keyword 103 keyword 104 keyword 105 keyword 106 keyword 107 data 108 data 109 data 110 data 111 data 200 transmission document 201 keyword 202 keyword

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus capable of reading and recognizing image data described in a document and performing various processes based on a result of the recognition. Document reading section to be read, a read image memory for storing image data read by the reading section, and a registration for storing cover letter information previously added to transmission data corresponding to a keyword together with the added position information. When the keyword is present in the image data, the cover letter information and the additional position information corresponding to the keyword are read out from the registration memory. The cover letter information is controlled to edit the transmission original data in the image data of the read image memory according to the added position information. Facsimile apparatus is characterized in that a control means. 2. When the image data stored in the read image memory is related to correction of information in the registration memory, the control means recognizes the image data and sets the registration data in the registration memory. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information stored therein is corrected for each keyword. 3. A facsimile apparatus capable of reading and recognizing image data described in a document, and performing various processes based on the recognition result. Document reading section to be read, a read image memory for storing image data read by the reading section, and a registration for storing cover letter information previously added to transmission data corresponding to a keyword together with the added position information. Memory, means for recognizing the image data in the read image memory, and whether the image data in the read image memory is transmission original data including data to be transmitted based on the recognition result of the recognition means, or Means for determining whether the information relates to correction of information corresponding to each keyword in the registration memory, and a case where the determination means determines that the data is transmission original data. It is determined whether or not the keyword is present in the transmitted original data based on the recognition result of the recognizing means. If so, cover letter information corresponding to the keyword in the transmitted original data and its additional position information are determined. From the registered memory, and edits the cover letter information in accordance with the added position information in the transmission original data in the image data of the read image memory, while correcting the information in the registered memory by the determining means. Means for correcting information stored for each keyword in the registration memory based on the recognition result of the recognition means when the determination is made. 4. A facsimile apparatus capable of reading and recognizing image data described in a document and performing various processes based on the recognition result. An original reading unit to read image data, a read image memory to store image data read by the reading unit, a registration memory to store cover letter information added to transmission data in advance corresponding to a keyword, Recognize the image data in the image memory, and if the keyword exists in this image data,
A facsimile apparatus comprising: control means for reading cover letter information corresponding to the keyword from the registration memory and controlling transmission original data in accordance with the cover letter information. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the addition position of the cover letter information on the transmission document data is determined in association with the description position on the document where the keyword corresponding to the cover letter information is described. Item 4. A facsimile apparatus according to item 4. 6. When the image data stored in the read image memory relates to correction of information in the registration memory, the control means recognizes the image data and stores the image data in the registration memory. 6. The information stored therein is modified for each keyword.
Facsimile machine. 7. A facsimile apparatus capable of reading and recognizing image data described in a document and performing various processes based on a result of the recognition. An original reading unit to read image data, a read image memory to store image data read by the reading unit, a registration memory to store cover letter information added to transmission data in advance corresponding to a keyword, Means for recognizing the image data in the image memory; and, based on the recognition result of the recognizing means, the image data in the read image memory is transmission original data including data to be transmitted, or Means for judging whether or not the information relates to correction of the information corresponding to each keyword; It is determined whether or not the keyword exists in the transmission original data based on the above. If there is, the cover letter information corresponding to the keyword in the transmission original data is read from the registration memory, and the cover letter information is read. Edits the transmission document data in the image data of the read image memory in accordance with the keyword entry position on the transmission document, and if the determination unit determines that the data relates to the correction of the information in the registration memory, the recognition is performed. Means for correcting information stored for each keyword in the registration memory based on the recognition result of the means.